If you give a long term chart, weekly or monthly, stretch out the lines of support, be honest and you can see that the PM's are very close to be breaking all supports. I have been a PM bull for over 30 years, but have, for over 4 years begun to unload my stash of physical for numismatics. That has stood me in good stead, and trading up has boiled down my collection to a fine tuned high graded stash. Now I am beginning to wonder if they are rare enough to hold the value as the PM value continues to drop.For sure, interest rates must rise from here, so bonds are a wash unless you go with certain finely tuned situations and very short term.Stocks are being bolstered by our printing of money and the government buying securtities big time.When all this wash starts to dry, I feel PM's will be the buy of a lifetime, but things keep happening to push the day of reckoning off more, and as it is, more investors drop out of the PM crowd and buy more stocks. This is a very different ballgame than when you bought a stock because they were doing business, not cooking the books. I am very afraid where all this is going, so what to do? I guess, go with the trend, exit PM stocks, buy some high grade numismatics, go with some stock funds which have proven to be hugely conservative and hope for the best. When drivers present themselves, then change, or fine-tune your 'folio then. If you want my opinion, pay off debt, grab some PM physical or high grade numismatics, hold the rental property, and be wary of stocks in here. Man, who knows.Capt. BrianThe Lost NavigatorI guess inflation will never come back. (Who said that?)

I am an old timer myself. These are strange days. I would rather just make money along the way on the dips and spikes but this one has a different feel. I continue to buy and hold. I figure that gold and silver will beat bonds and CD's. Seems like we use to print more money to pay debt. Now it seems we print money to go deeper in debt. It can't last.